'Price of human life': Africatown residents blast heavy industry during chemical plant hearing
Kemira Water Solutions is angling for an expansion project that will boost productivity at its chemical plant near Chickasaw by 40 percent, add more than 20 permanent jobs and provide a jolt of construction activity for local labor groups.
The Finland-based company says it intends to “stay within the current emission levels” already present at the plant, which it has operated since 2006. The plant, itself, was built in the late 1930s.
The expansion includes a new Bio-Acrylamide production unit, storage tanks, and loading and unloading stations for railcars and big trucks.
“We’re not asking for additional emission levels,” said plant manager Richard Ryder. The project is tentatively scheduled for completion in late 2020.
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